Originally Posted by
jmackani
Speaking of sleep, it's about that time. Talk tomorrow night.
I'm not sure what time zone you guys are in, but I know Gregg is on the west coast. I'm in the central time zone, so I usually hit the sack before you guys. I get up at 5am, so I'm usually in bed by 10pm, except on weekends.
Originally Posted by
jmackani
I'm 36. I figured most of us on here at later hours would be above the teen stage. I can't figure out when Greg sleeps.
Originally Posted by
agarabaghi
haha, well im 26 if that helps.
Originally Posted by
GreggW
I'll be 36 in about 3 weeks.
I'm just a year older than you Gregg.
Originally Posted by
GreggW
Check the paint thread. I recommend Jim from WedJim. Winning edge designs. But you'll wait a month for a shell and just about all custom ones from anyone are $60-$100. You could look at upgraderc for a sticker kit. There are many more of these around too. Different companies.
I had Larry @ Kustom RC Graphics do the shell I posted earlier in the thread. Great work, and I might have him do another for me since I was so happy with the first one.
http://www.rctech.net/forum/painting...phics-com.html
I would do a single color paint job on your stock body, though. A custom one is too expensive to run all the time, IMO.
I'm going to try doing a 3 color paint job on this spare body I have, but I'm really not good at painting!
Originally Posted by
GreggW
I listened to a guy tell me he smoked 5 RX8s and I still bought one. I think they both have their faults. I see Castle as all out brute power and I see Tekin as precision machinery.
I agree, but I never noticed cogging issues with my MMP in the RC10B4 like I did with the MMM in the RC8Be. If it weren't for the cogging, I would have likely kept the MMM. However, I'm VERY happy with the Tekin.
Originally Posted by
GreggW
Agreed I haven't raced much in the past. I bought my first Nitro in 2004 and I mainly bashed. It sat on the shelf and I eventually bought another one because I thought it was the buggy I didn't like. Well I did it again with my RC8be. And thrashed up and down the street and thought to myself, why did I buy this? Then I went to the track. And I'm hooked. This is what I've been looking for out of this hobby.
This is what I'm looking for. I would like another (cheaper) hobby that is still involved in racing of some sort. Plus, I really enjoy tinkering and working on stuff.
However, I haven't been racing (full scale) in a couple of years, and I'm hoping to run a mostly full season this year. I have a race coming up in a few weeks, and I have a ton of work to do on my race car. My RC8Be will likely not get as much attention until late March, but I'm still planning to go out to a local hobby shop with a track to do a little practice during the week.
If you guys want an adrenaline rush, take your car out to an autocross or lapping day.
Originally Posted by
GreggW
I agree with Tyler here below. But 35C. More lile 45-60C though. But Tekin 1900 for the track. And 4S all the way. There are a ton of servos to choose from. 200oz/in is a good start.
I've been very happy with a Savox (and Gregg knows
), and it's a bit less than 200 oz*in of torque, so don't make 200 an absolute requirement.
Originally Posted by
GreggW
I'm geared 21/46 and I like it.
Me too. On 4S with a 2050kV Tekin T8, it's fast; very fast. On 6S it's crazy!
Originally Posted by
Doug2507
Seriously bad day today. Got my replacement hinge pins delivered. Sorted out the back then went through the AE vids and set the car up spot on. Used the setup sheets for the hotwire and change the voltage......to 4.265!!!
Thought it was per cell rather than overall but judging by the bang the esc made after about 1 min of being on and a second after 1/3/5 lit up i reckon maybe it should have been 12.8? Big lesson learned the hard way and a new pair of pants required. What a pop! So much for taking it out today. Didn't even get it out of the back room.
Was the battery fully charged? If so, the cutoff wasn't the issue. You can run a LiPo with the cutoff turned off, if you're so inclined, and it shouldn't affect the ESC at all. Exactly what happened?
One last thing, I chose the RC8Be because I noticed that most of the 1/8 scale e-buggies have very similar layouts. I have owned a few Associated cars in the past (I actually had a gold pan RC10 with the 6 gear transmission back when I was a kid!), and I've always been pretty happy with them. Plus, I know parts are plentiful. From what I saw on the internet, the RC8Be was a solid car. Getting it for a great deal at Tower, plus EasyPay made the decision a no-brainer.
I've already thought about a second car...I'd be really interested in checking out the Durango DEX-408 when it gets released.